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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry;


 /**
  * The view registry maintains a list of views explicitly registered
  * against the view extension point..
  * <p>
  * [Issue: This interface is not exposed in API, but time may
  * demonstrate that it should be. For the short term leave it be.
  * In the long term its use should be re-evaluated. ]
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * The description of a given view is kept in a IViewDescriptor
  * </p>
  */
 public interface IViewRegistry {
 /**
  * Return a view descriptor with the given extension ID. If no view exists
  * with the ID return null.
  */
 public IViewDescriptor find(String id);
 /**
  * Returns an enumeration of view categories, if defined.
  */
 public Category [] getCategories();
 /**
  * Return the view category count.
  */
 public int getCategoryCount();
 /**
  * Return the view count.
  */
 public int getViewCount();
 /**
  * Return a list of views defined in the registry.
  */
 public IViewDescriptor [] getViews();
 /**
  * Return a list of sticky views defined in the registry.
  */
 public IStickyViewDescriptor [] getStickyViews();
 }

